The Best PvE Elemental Shaman Build for WoW Classic - Odealo (2024)

• Added Phase 2 BiS Equipment
• Added Phase 3 BiS Equipment
• Reviewed Talent Builds, Consumables, and Rotations

1. Spell Penetration - Allows your spells to bypass some of the Target's Spell Resistance. This statistic allows you to deal more damage against Nature-resistant Bosses and has no effect against Bosses that have 0 Natur Resistance. Spell Penetration becomes very relevant for Elemental Shamans during the AQ phase, as there are very many Nature-resistant bosses in AQ 40.

2. Spell Hit Chance - Increases your chance to hit with all your offensive Spells. You need a total of 16% Hit Rating. Getting Hit-Capped should beone of your priorities while gearing up for Raids. 3% is provided byNature's GuidanceTalent, so you'll need 13% fromGear.

3. Spell Critical Chance -Gives you a chance to do additional (Critical) Damage with your offensive Spells. This statistic has a lot of value for Shamans thanks to the Elemental Fury Talent that increases the Critical Damage bonus to 100% (from 50%).

4. Spell Damage - Increases your Damage done with Spells. The damage bonus from Spell Damage is calculated differently for different Spells and their Ranks, but in general, thisstat is the best for increasing your DPS.

5. Mp5 (Mana per 5 seconds) - Regenerates X mana every 5 seconds. This effect continues while casting, which makes it much better than Spirit when it comes to the provided sustain.

6. Intellect -Increases your total Mana Pool and provides you with additional Spell Critical Chance (59,2 Int = 1% Spell Critical Strike Chance).

Statistic Priority for an Elemental Shaman:

Spell Penetration(for Nature-resistant Bosses only)⇒ Spell Hit Cap= Spell Critical Chance⇒ Spell Damage⇒Mp5⇒Intellect

Elemental Mastery Shaman PvE DPS Build

Elemental Tree:

• 5/5Convection- Mana savings are always nice, especially when they concern your most used spells.
• 5/5Concussion- 5% more Damage from your main spells. This Talentaffects both Single-Target and Multi-Target DPS.
• 3/3Elemental Warding- Makes you more resistant to the most common schools of magic. Fire resistance is great for Molten Core, Onyxia's Lair, and Blackwing Lair, while Nature Resistance is required for AQ 40.
• 3/3Call of Flame- Makes your offensive Fire Totems more efficient by rising their damage.
• 1/1Elemental Focus- With this Talent, all your spell casts have a 10% chance to proc Clearcasting, which is one of the most powerful effects in Classic. Thisallows you to save a lot of Mana and alters your Rotation by introducing some randomness (you will cast Chain Lightning instead of Lightning Bolt when this procs for increased DPS).
• 5/5Call of Thunder- Your standard Critical Chance-increasing Talent, but with an interesting twist. The 5th point gives you an additional 2% Critical Chance instead of the more common1% (this was later changed to1% in patch 2.4.0), but in Classic, Elemental Shamans can take advantage of this 1 additional percent of Crit Chance. The Talent affects Chain Lightning and Lightning Bolt.
• 2/2Storm Reach- 6 yards of additional range on Chain Lightning and Lightning Bolt. It gives you more wiggling room when it comes to positioning during encounters.
• 1/1Elemental Fury- Doubles Critical Damage bonus of your Fire Totems and Nature, Frost and Fire spells (these spellswill now deal 200% Damage instead of standard 150% Damage with Crits).
• 5/5Lightning Mastery- Increases the pace of your rotation by reducing cast times of your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning by 1 sec.
• 1/1Elemental Mastery- Offensive Cooldown that makes your next Spell free raises its Critical Strike chance to 100%. Try not to use this ability during Clearcasting procs to maximize your mana savings.

Restoration Tree:

• 5/5Tidal Focus - Makes you more efficient at off-healing by reducing the mana cost of your healing spells by 5%.
• 2/2Improved Reincarnation- Cutts 1/3 of your Reincarnation's Cooldown and increases the amount of Health and Mana you reincarnate with, making it more reliable in the PvE setting.
• 4/5Totemic Focus- 20% mana cost reduction on all your Totems allows you to do someTotem Twisting to provide your group with maximum benefits of Grace of Air and Windfury Totems.
• 3/3Nature's Guidance- As a DPS Caster, you need 16% Hit Chance to reach theCap. With this Talent, you need 3% less from your Gear which makes achieving the Cap more manageable.
• 1/1 Totemic Mastery- Increases the area of influence ofyour Totems that affect friendlies to 30 yards; this makes your support Totems much more effective by allowing them to affect allies that are further away.
• 5/5 Tidal Mastery.

Nature's Swiftness PvE/PvP HybridShaman Build

Elemental Tree:

• 5/5Convection.
• 5/5Concussion.
• 3/3Elemental Warding.
• 1/1Elemental Focus.
• 5/5Call of Thunder.
• 3/3Eye of the Storm- Very strong PvP-oriented Talent. It makes you immune to pushback for 6 seconds after becoming a victim of a melee or ranged Critical Strike. This Talent allows you to quickly recover by reliably casting a Healing spell or to finish off your opponent. 6 seconds is enough for at least 2 spell casts.
• 2/2Storm Reach.
• 1/1Elemental Fury.
• 5/5Lightning Mastery.

Restoration Tree:

• 5/5Tidal Focus.
• 2/2Improved Reincarnation.
• 4/5Totemic Focus.
• 3/3Nature's Guidance.
• 1/1 Totemic Mastery.
• 5/5 Tidal Mastery.
• 1/1 Nature's Swiftness- Makes your next Nature Spell an instant cast. This works with Healing Spells as well as with Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning, which makes it very flexible in both PvP and PvE environments.This will allow you to keep a critically injuredteammate or yourself alive by quickly casting a Healing Waveor enable you to deal very high Burst Damage by casting instant Chain Lightning followed by an Earth Shock.

• Pre-Raid - Witchblade(Drop from Darkmaster Gandling, Scholomance)
• Phase 1 -Aurastone Hammer(Drop from Garr, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - Aurastone Hammer / Fang of the Mystics(Drop from Azuregos, Azshara World Boss)/ High Warlord's Spellblade(Rank 14 PvP Reward)
• Phase 3 - High Warlord's Spellblade / Claw of Chromaggus (Drop from Chromaggus, Blackwing Lair)/ Lok'amir il Romathis(Drop from Nefarian, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Spirit of Aquamentas(Quest Reward from "It's Dangerous to Go Alone", Un'Goro Crater)
• Phase 1 -Fire Runed Grimoire(Drop from multiple Bosses, Molten Core)/Spirit of Aquamentas
• Phase 2 - Therazane's Touch(Alterac Valley Reputation Reward - Exalted)
• Phase 3 - Therazane's Touch / Master Dragonslayer's Orb(Quest Reward from "The Lord of Blackrock", Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Trindlehaven Staff(Drop from Overlord Wyrmthalak, Lower Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 -Staff of Dominance(Drop from Golemagg the Incinerator, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - Amberseal Keeper(Drop from Lord Kazzak, Blasted Lands World Boss)/ Ironbark Staff(Arathi Basin Reputation Reward - Exalted)/ High Warlord's War Staff(Rank 14 PvP Reward)
• Phase 3 - Ironbark Staff /High Warlord's War Staff / Staff of the Shadow Flame(Drop from Nefarian, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Eye of the Beast(Quest Reward from "For the Horde!", Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 -Eye of the Beast /Briarwood Reed
• Phase 2 - Eye of the Beast /Briarwood Reed
• Phase 3 - Neltharion's Tear(Drop from Nefarian, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Briarwood Reed(Drop from Jed Runewatcher, Upper Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 -Talisman of Ephemeral Power(drop from Baron Geddon, Gaar, Golemagg the Incinerator, and Magmadar, Molten Core)/Briarwood Reed /Eye of the Beast
• Phase 2 - Talisman of Ephemeral Power
• Phase 3 - Talisman of Ephemeral Power
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Star of Mystaria(Drop from Balnazzar, Stratcholme)
• Phase 1 -Choker of the Fire Lord(drop from Ragnaros, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - Choker of the Fire Lord
• Phase 3 - Choker of the Fire Lord
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Eye of Orgrimmar(Quest Reward from "The Princess Saved?", Blackrock Depths)
• Phase 1 -Ring of Spell Power(drop from Shazzrah, Lucifron, Gehennas, and Sulfuron Harbinger, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - Ring of Spell Power
• Phase 3 - Ring of Spell Power / Band of Forced Concentration(Drop from Ebonroc, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Maiden's Circle(BoE World Drop; can be purchased on AH)
• Phase 1 -Ring of Spell Power(drop from Shazzrah, Lucifron, Gehennas, and Sulfuron Harbinger, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - Ring of Spell Power
• Phase 3 - Ring of Spell Power / Band of Forced Concentration
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Cap of the Scarlet Savant(Quest reward from "Cap of the Scarlet Savant",Stratcholme; Quest is obtainable in Winterspring)
• Phase 1 -Cap of the Scarlet Savant / Helmet of Ten Storms(Drop from Onyxia, Onyxia's Lair)
• Phase 2 - Helmet of Ten Storms / Infernal Headcage(Drop from Lord Kazzak, Blasted Lands World Boss)
• Phase 3 - Mish'undare, Circlet of the Mind Flayer(Drop from Nefarian, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Alanna's Embrace(Drop from Ras Frostwhisper, Scholomance)/ Robes of the Royal Crown(Drop from Emperor Dagran Thaurissan, Blackrock Depths)
• Phase 1 -Robe of Volatile Power(drop from Lucifron, Shazzrah, Sulfuron Harbinger, and Gehennas, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - Robe of Volatile Power
• Phase 3 - Robe of Volatile Power / Breastplate of Ten Storms(Drop from Nefarian, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Skyshroud Leggings(drop from Highlord Omokk, Lower Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 -Legplates of Ten Storms(Drop from Ragnaros, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - Legplates of Ten Storms / General's Mail Leggings(Rank 12 PvP Reward)
• Phase 3 - Legplates of Ten Storms / General's Mail Leggings / Flarecore Leggings(Created by Tailoring, Recipe can be acquired from Thorium Brotherhood after reaching Revered rep.)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Hands of Power(drop from Quartermaster Zigris, Lower Blackrock Spire)
• Phase 1 -Earthfury Gauntlets(Drop from Gehennas, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - Earthfury Gauntlets
• Phase 3 - Gauntlets of Ten Storms(Drop from Firemaw, Flamegor, and Chromaggus, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Omnicast Boots(drop from Golem Lord Ardelmach, Blackrock Depths)/ Verdant Footpads(Drop from Stonespine, Stratcholme)
• Phase 1 -Verdant Footpads /Omnicast Boots
• Phase 2 - General's Mail Boots(Rank 12 PvP Reward)/ Snowblind Shoes(Drop from Azuregos, Azshara World Boss)
• Phase 3 - Snowblind Shoes / Greaves of Ten Storms (Drop from Broodlord Lashlayer, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Burial Shawl(Drop from multiple Bosses, Scholomance)
• Phase 1 -Deep Earth Spaulders(Drop from multiple Bosses, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - Deep Earth Spaulders / Warlord's Mail Spaulders(Rank 13 PvP Reward)
• Phase 3 - Deep Earth Spaulders / Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal(Drop from Razorgore the Untamed, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Pyremail Wristguards of Nature's Wrath(drop from Lord Incendius, Blackrock Depths;note: The item has a Random Enchantment)
• Phase 1 -Pyremail Wristguards of Nature's Wrath
• Phase 2 - Dryad's Wrist BindingsWarsong Gulch Reputation Reward - Exalted)
• Phase 3 - Bracers of Arcane Accuracy(Drop from Broodlord Lashlayer, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Ban'thok Sash(drop from Ok'thor the Breaker, Blackrock Depths)
• Phase 1 -Mana Igniting Cord(drop from Golemagg the Incinerator, Garr, Baron Geddon, and Magmadar, Molten Core)
• Phase 2 - Mana Igniting Cord / Flayed Doomguard Belt(Drop from Lord Kazzak, Blasted Lands World Boss)
• Phase 3 - Firemaw's Clutch(Drop from Firemaw, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

• Pre-Raid -Spiritescaper Cape(Drop from High Interrogator Gersthan, Blackrock depths)
• Phase 1 -Sapphiron Drape(drop from Onyxia, Onyxia's Lair)
• Phase 2 - Sapphiron Drape
• Phase 3 - Sapphiron Drape / Cloak of the Brood Lord(Drop from Nefarian, Blackwing Lair)
• Phase 4 - TBA
• Phase 5 - TBA
• Phase 6 - TBA

1. Lesser Healing Wave to save teammates that are on very low Health

2. Dispell negative effects

3. Manage your Totem Buffs

4. Earth Shock to execute low health Targets

5. Chain Lightning with Clearcasting procs

6. Lightning Boltas the main source of Damage - Downrank if needed

1. Lesser Healing Wave to save teammates that are on very low Health

2. Dispell negative effects

3. Manage your Totem Buffs

4. Earth Shock to execute low health Targets

5. Chain Lightning with Clearcasting procs

6. Fire Nova Totem on Cooldown

7. Magma Totem

8. Chain Lightningas the main source of Damage - Downrank if needed

1. If you want to deal more damage, lessen your sustain problems, and stand out from your Raid competition, Stack Consumables.Spending some additional Gold or a few extra hours grinding might secure you a spot in a Raid, as Raid leaders prefer dedicated and well-prepared players.

2. Time your Totem usage. Totems that dispell harmful effects (Disease Cleansing Totem, Poison Cleansing Totem, Tremor Totem) trigger once every 5 seconds, starting immediately after being placed; they should be dropped as close to 5seconds before the harmful effect comes to play as possible (but always before the 5-second mark). This will ensure that harmful effects are dispelled immediately after they come into play.

3. Downrank your Spells.As mentioned in the previous paragraph, Downranking is the key to your success as an Elemental Shamanas it allows you to preserve your resources for when you actually need them.

4. Learn and use the Totem Twisting technique if your mana level allows it.Keep your Grace of Air/Tranquil Air Totem Active and swap it with Windfury Totem for a second once every 10 seconds - Cast Windfury Totem immediately followed by Grace/Tranquilto maximize your group's damage output during burst phases.

5. Always try to improve.Get an addon that tracks your performance and try to optimize your equipment and rotation.